Graphic Narrative

1. Panel Plan
MEL STOREY

2. Film Grain

3. Film Grain
 Film Grain is the effect that I would use for the cartoon
style. It isn’t too harsh and gives a texture to the image. It
does make the colours bright but this can be adjusted in the
Brightness/Contrast setting.
This is a good effect to use under the Threshold as it brings
out detail and colours in a good way. Too much Threshold
makes the detail darker and merged which could be a bad
thing if your trying to create a light-hearted story.

4. Cut Out

5. Cut Out
 Cut out resembles a cut-out of paper shapes or blocks of
colours. This effect is used a lot in the cartoon effect as it
gives off the block colours and shades used in the cartoon
novel panels.
Again the Threshold over the top gives the effect more
detail. The cut out effect can be altered in the Filter Gallery.
Here the post production of the image can be made to look
more realistic or abstract with colours and shapes crashing
into one another. This is an easy way to achieve the effect
needed.

6. Panel Idea

7. Panel Idea
 This idea is taken from panel 2. The white rabbit in a waist coat
is typically impossible for me to photograph so to test out the
page I used images from the internet and using the Polygon
Lasso Tool I picked parts from images I wanted to use and put
them on one page.
 My thoughts about this test page are that first of all the
background is too bright, but when I will be photographing the
background the location will be a forest therefore it will be a lot
darker. Second of all the rabbit will not be like this, he will have
been illustrated then rotoscoped over, he will look more cartoon
like rather than animated which I believe will look better.
 This panel also includes a text box which let me practice and
learn where to position it and what font and size I will need. I
will be using a font from DaFont.com called “Alice in
Wonderland” which I decided to use after completing the
panel.